Locomotive ash-pan



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W. H. D.' NBWTH.

LOGOMOTI'VE ASB PAN. No.2291x350. Patented Peb. 12, 1384.

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.VILLIAM H. D.-NEVTH, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

LoooMoTlvE ASH-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part-of Letters Patent Nol 293,350, dated February 1 2, 1884.

- Appncation med August 21,1883. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. D. NEWTH, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Locomotive Ash-Pans; `and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

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This invention relates 'to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of that class of :locomotive ash-pans by means of which the ashes and debris of the fire maybe readily dumped atfthe will of the engineer from the cab, `while at the same time the cab may be air-tight.

i The invention consists 'in the peculiar construction, operation, and combination of the parts, as morefully hereinafter described.

Figure I is a top perspective of my improved ash-pan, with a portion of the wall thereof broken out. Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective of the same. Fig. 3 is a vert-ical longitudinal section. Fig. 4.- is a detached perspective of one of the slats'.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents the4 rear draft-door of the ash-pan, the front end of which is provided with a similandraft- A ledge, B, is secured to the low` er edge of each of the side walls of the ashpan, and at suitable distances apart there are formed in the upper edges of these ledges reeessed bea-rings a, to receive the pintles or journals b of the slats or leaves B', which form the bottom of the ash-pan. Each 'end of the slats are centrally supported upon their bearings, and are so arranged that when closed the forward edge of the one overlaps the rear edge of the next slat in front, which, when closed, forms a tight and flat bottom;

` or the same result is attained by casting the rear edge of each slat with an offset. Near one end of each slat there is cast or otherwise rigidly secured .an upwardly and forwardly projecting lug, c, and near the top of each of these lugs there is cast or otherwise rigidly secured a pin, d, whichengages with equidistant holes in the connecting-rod O, this rod being only sufficiently long to make such connections. `The slat B, which lies nearest the rear damper or forms the rear slat in the bed, is provided upon its lower side with two ribs, e, which perform the double function of stifl'ening theplate, and also the guards, to prevent the displacement of the bar D, which is secured to such slat between the ribs by means of bolts or rivets h. This bar may terminate, as in Fig. l, at one`end in a j ournal-bearing, i, which projects through a hole of the same size in the side wall of the pan, and it is provided with a crank, g, by means of which and a suitable connecting-rod leading to the cab of the engine (not shown) the operator can readily dump the slats, leaving, when desired,' no opening through which air can be admitted to the ash-pan; but in Figs. 2 andli l I show a preferable arrangement,V in which I use a bar, D, securely attached to one of the slats, which is bent downwardly, so as to pass below the 4edge of the ash-pan, and in this construction the necessity of forming a hole through theside of the pan is avoided, and it is therefore thepreferable form.

In thewinter season the slats B are never kept closed tight, as there is danger of ltheir freezing together, and fire is liable to drop out between them. To obviatethis, Least or otherwise rigidly secure to the upper face' of each slat, and near the rear edge thereof, a flange, J, which, when the slats are set slightly open,

prevents the coals from rolling down and passing between the slats.

4I am aware that locomotive ash-pans with slat bottoms adapted to be opened and closed are in use and have. been patented, and hence I do not broadly claim an ash-pan with aslatted bottom.

What I-do claim as my invention is A locomotive ash-pan the bottom of which `is formed with a series of dumpingslats interiorlyconnected together, and adapted to be opened and closed from the cabof the engine, each slat being provided with a ange, .I, upon its upper face, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

I WM. H. D. NEWTH. Vitnesses:

E. SoULLY, H. S. SPBAGUE. 

